Year 4 - The Lions: Blog items
Day 99 Morris Dancers, by Mr Pearson
Date: 7th Oct 2025 @ 8:45pm
Today a number of Morrison dancers descended on Longton Primary School to take part in the kickstart of the 100 day countdown to celebrate the 100th year of our amazing school. Three different morris dancing teams came together to demonstrate their skills. Some children will be having the opportunity to learn how to dance over the next few months.
100 days and counting, by Mr Pearson
Date: 7th Oct 2025 @ 8:30am
Monday 6th October is the day the 100 day countdown to the Longton Primary School centenary celebrations on the 16th January 2026.
We were joined in school today by the Deputy Lieutenant of Lancashire Mr Michael Conlon and his wife.
A special visitor, centenarian and ex teacher at Longton Primary Mrs Stewart and her daughter. Mrs Stewart entertained us with stories about her time as a teacher at Longton even teaching our very own Mrs Jackson.
Chair of Governors Jon Bates along with Mrs Brown, introduced the activities taking place over the coming weeks.
Arts Week, by Mrs Simpson
Date: 1st Jul 2025 @ 4:32pm
We got creative during Arts Week! Look at our amazing work!
Ronald McDonald Charity Day, by Mrs Simpson
Date: 1st Jul 2025 @ 4:18pm
What a great day raising money for an amazing charity!
Science Dome, by Mrs Simpson
Date: 1st Jul 2025 @ 4:15pm
We enjoyed a visit from the Science Dome. It was a very exciting day. We had an interactive tour of a volcano and even got to hold some dinosaur fossils!
First Aid, by Mrs Simpson
Date: 1st Jul 2025 @ 4:09pm
This week Year 3 Lions have enjoyed learning basic first aid and how to help someone in need. We learnt the recovery position and how to treat a burn.
Y3 classroom, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 30th Aug 2024 @ 12:12pm
We are looking forward to welcoming you back.
The sun has got his hat on!, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 26th Jun 2024 @ 11:46pm
It has been a lovely week so far. Please make sure children come to school with a water bottle and a hat to keep the sun off their head would be great.
We have enjoyed using our outside area today.
Science - Microhabitats, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 26th Jun 2024 @ 11:41pm
Our science work has led us outside to explore the mircohabitas in our school grounds. The plants around the shed, the wooden sculptures in the bog garden, under tree stumps in our forest school area and the trunk of a tree.
We found a collection of worms, slugs, woodlice and beetles. We have also gently collected some woodlice to find out what conditions they like to live in. We places them in a container which was divided inot 4 different conditions, dark and dry, dark and damp, bright and dry, bright and damp. The woodlice quickly moved into the dark area, there were more woodlice in the damp area than the dry area.
Library Visit, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 26th Jun 2024 @ 11:32pm
We have enjoyed a lovely visit to the library to see Helen. She read us 3 stories all about the environment. We made flowers using recycled paper from old books and magazines. We then were able to enjoy sharing books from the library with our friends.
Path to Paris - Olympics, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 1st Jun 2024 @ 10:18am
Dont forget to log on to https://www.getset.co.uk/pathtoparis
Select Log activity
Type our code 2675
Select Lions
We are currently 2nd in the competition. Can we win!
You can log all sorts of physical activity. Out on your bike, walking the dog, going to the playground, swimming, football in the garden.
Summer 2 Subject Organiser, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 31st May 2024 @ 12:17pm
Please find below, and on our main class page, the subject organiser for the 2nd half of the Summer Term.
Amazing Artists, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 31st May 2024 @ 11:55am
We have had a fabulous Arts week. Our Continent was Africa and we explored a range of artists who are of African hertitage or take their inspiration from African culture.
We have covered many types of art: paper and craft, painting, oil pastels, line drawing and printing.
We had an amazing dance workshop - there were some amazing movers and groovers in our street dance routine. We worked together in pairs to have a go at learning the Waltz box step. We had to use a lot of brain power.
D-Day Lamplighter, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 31st May 2024 @ 11:48am
The 6th of June 2024 marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day, when Allied forces mounted the largest amphibious invasion the world has ever witnessed. In 1944 Operation Overlord saw over 5,000 ships and landing craft set down more than 130,000 troops on five Normandy beaches.
The bravery and sacrifice of those people in securing the peace and freedom we enjoy today will be observed by the lighting of beacons around the United Kingdom, Channel Islands, Isle of Man and UK Overseas Territories
The light from the flame will represent the ‘light of peace’ that emerged from the darkness of war.
We will not be in school on this important day so we have been passing around our own D Day lamp to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day.
English - Anthony Browne Stories, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 31st May 2024 @ 11:37am
We have enjoyed reading and listenign to lots of stories written by Anthony Browne. We made a human graph when we voted for out favourite story.
Most of us enjoyed the story Willy the Champ.
MAD SCIENCE Assembly, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 31st May 2024 @ 11:33am
We enjoyed our visit from Mad Science. Lots of fun and learning. I'm sure we will all be trying the balloon and hair experiment!
Forms have gone home if you would like to be a part of the Mad Science after school club.
Enterprise, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 31st May 2024 @ 11:30am
We enjoyed making our Marshmallow and chocolate kebabs to sell in the quad for our Enterprise.
Alice in Wonderland Production, by Mr Kennedy
Date: 19th Apr 2024 @ 2:49pm
What a show! Longton children had the pleasure of enjoying a fantastic production of Alice in Wonderland on Monday.
Theatre Production, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 15th Apr 2024 @ 8:38pm
We have had a lovely first day back. To welcome in the Summer term we enjoyed watching a theatre production of Alice in Wonderland. It was fantastic and was a lovely start to week.
Welcome Back - Summer Term, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 15th Apr 2024 @ 1:05am
I hope you have all had a lovely Easter Break. Does anyone have any chocolate eggs left?
Lets keep our fingers crossed for some warmer weather this term.
Please find below and also on our main class page the subject organiser for this half term.
Any questions or queries please pop in and see us.
Easter Bonnets, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 15th Apr 2024 @ 1:00am
WOW Lions, I love your creativity. Thank you for making such amazing hats and sharing them with us. I hope you all enjoyed your Easter Eggs.
DT - Making Healthy Wraps, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 15th Apr 2024 @ 12:57am
We designed and made our own healthy wraps.
DT - Food Tasting, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 15th Apr 2024 @ 12:53am
We had plenty of keen volunteers for some food tasting.
Super Scientists, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 17th Mar 2024 @ 9:00pm
This week has been science week.
We have all taken part in a biscuit themed investigation.
Our question was: Which biscuit is best for Miss Harrison to use to dunk in her tea?
We made predictions, disucssed how we were going to make it a fair test and recorded our results in a tally.
We used the biscuits - custard cream, digestive, bournon, nice and shortcake. What would your predction be?
Different groups had different winners (the biscuit with the most dunks before droppin into the cup) but the majority of groups had the shortcake biscuit as the winner.
Jack and the Beanstalk, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 17th Mar 2024 @ 8:48pm
The Lion and the Zebra tribe performed their production of Jack and the Beanstalk to the school and their families this week. There were all outstanding. I'm sure you will agree, if you came to watch, the children shone brightly, from amazing acting and character voices to the fabulous singing. Their enthusiasm was fantastic. We are all very proud of them.
